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A Picture is Worth (more than) A Thousand Words

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  Sunday was "sibling day" on Facebook, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed looking at pictures of people's families. In some pictures I knew all the siblings, in others I only knew one or two. But it was great to see everyone's families. And this year I even had one to share...and then I see that two of my sisters shared the same picture! At my insistence, with only minor push back, I got everyone to line up for a picture after Mom's funeral.  I will be forever glad that we took that picture. For one thing, we found a couple of pictures that were good of everyone, which is amazing. Seems someone in each picture usually has a weird smile or closed eyes, or was distracted by something to the side. But mostly I am just glad that we got that picture so that I can look at it and be happy that these four other people in the picture are my family. The reluctance of those who resisted is understandable. Pictures, especially those where everyone lines up and has t